THE RAW MATERIAL OF A MYTH, like the raw material of a dream, may be something that actually happened once. But myths, like dreams, do not tell us much about that kind of actuality. The creation of Adam and Eve, the Tower of Babel, Oedipusthey do not tell us primarily about events. They tell us about ourselves.
In popular usage, a myth has come to mean a story that is not true. Historically speaking, that may well be so. Humanly speaking, a myth is a story that is always true."
Frederick Buechner
-Originally published in Wishful Thinking and later in Beyond Words
What say you? For instance the historicity of the Tower of Babel is irrelevant but the truth that humans say "Let is be like God." Is true.
In popular usage, a myth has come to mean a story that is not true. Historically speaking, that may well be so. Humanly speaking, a myth is a story that is always true."
Frederick Buechner
-Originally published in Wishful Thinking and later in Beyond Words
What say you? For instance the historicity of the Tower of Babel is irrelevant but the truth that humans say "Let is be like God." Is true.
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